Name: Greenville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter dairy cross steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher in a light test to last week. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	High	1,519	215.89	3,280	18
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,539	212.91	3,277	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Low	1,480	188.00	2,782	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,584	197.09	3,121	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,491	184.89	2,757	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,274	222.73	2,838	87
Steers	Choice	Average	1,441	224.18	3,230	100
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,296	205.39	2,662	5thin

Every lot, as filed

13 lots · USDA AMS · Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	206.89/cwt	196.00–215.00	2,704	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,272	223.70/cwt	219.00–228.00	2,845	82
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,296	205.39/cwt	200.00–215.00	2,662	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,441	224.18/cwt	220.00–230.00	3,230	100
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,480	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,782	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,673	201.26/cwt	192.00–205.00	3,367	16
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,630	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	3,700	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,765	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,459	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,785	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,927	1
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,491	184.89/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,757	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,379	187.56/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,586	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,539	212.91/cwt	210.00–216.00	3,277	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,478	216.20/cwt	213.00–217.00	3,195	15

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Greenville Livestock Cattle Auction - Greenville, IL

Wed Dec 17, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 422Last week 368Year ago 486

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,307	196.00–215.00	206.89
82	—	1,272	219.00–228.00	223.70
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,296	200.00–215.00	205.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,441	220.00–230.00	224.18
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	188.00	188.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,673	192.00–205.00	201.26
7	—	1,379	185.00–188.00	187.56
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,491	182.00–187.00	184.89
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	227.00	227.00
1	—	1,765	196.00	196.00
1	—	1,785	220.00	220.00
15	—	1,478	213.00–217.00	216.20
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,539	210.00–216.00	212.91

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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